Fountain pen



A oct. 27, 1925. Lssss T.KOVAC5 FOUNTAIN-PEN Filed June 1e, .1924

Inventor Patented Unt. 27, l925.

UNITE sarna THEODOR .'KOVCS, OF MERAN, ITALY.

'FOUNTAIN PEN.

Application filed Tune 16, 1924. Serial No. 720,431.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that. l, Trrnonon lovos, a citizen of the Hungarian"Republic, residing at Villa Stubai, iindreashoferstrasse, Meran,

Italy, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in orllielating to a Fountain Pen, of which the following is a specification. n

This invention relates to an easily disconiU nectablefastening for thewriting-pen proper of a` fountain-pen and consists in the provision ofmeans by which the pen proper' is clamped near its front end or nib andat its rear end or body-end to the ink-supplying member inserted intothe body or holder of the fountain-pen. This is a distinguishing featurerelatively to the generally used and known manner of, and means for, at

taching the pen proper to the holder, viz, by longitudinal guide-ways. lam aware of the fact that it has already been proposed to connect the`front part of the pen proper with the inlnsupplying member, but thathas been done only with respect to compara-` tively soft writing-pensproper and has been thought merely an auxiliary means of securing thepen proper in its place, the chief fastening consisting also in such acase in the connection of the pen proper with the body or holder bylongitudinal guideways.

In my improved fountain-pen the writing pen proper need not have a shaftproper of its own, in consequence whereof it may be reduced in length byabout one third, and as the back of the pen proper lies exposed freelyto view and the contact between the pen and the inlr-supplying member isre stricted to narrow surface-parts, it is rendered possible to removethe pen easily from the holder also if the writingink or the drawing-inkshould have dried on, and also the bearing surfaces of the supportingparts of the body or holder and the ink-supplying member can be cleanedeasily and conveniently.

My invention .is illustrated by way of eX- ample in the accompanyingdrawing `in which Fig. l is a longitudinal section through the end ofthe shaft or body of a fountainpen as well as through the writing-penproper and the ink-supplying member;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the before-mentioned parts, except the projectingend of the inkto the pen-nib. Behind the oblon supplying member which ishere covered by the pen` proper; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section in the plane 3-3 of Fig.l l.

ll denotes the hollow shaft o-f the holder, T `the ink-supplying memberwhich is in-A located at the inner end of the lslit of the nib, are twoparallel oblong holes O through` which extend the legs 0f a` U-shapeddoublehoolr C, C1, the leg-ends C1 beingbent olf horizontally in thedirectionto the nib and resting upon the adjacent parts of the uppersurface of the pen F. The position of the double-hook relatively to themember T is shown more distinctly in Figure 3 from which appears thatthe `le s of the hookpass upwards through bores longitudinal ribs ofsaid member bordering the channel K.

, ln order to fasten the pen Flto the shaft, it is placed upon themember T in such a position that the hooks C1 pass through the holeswhereafter it is shoved along upon the member T towards the shaft Huntil a. small projection Z abuts at the shaft (Fig. l.) and enters intoa corresponding recess provided in the shaft end, whereby the respectiveend of the pen is prevented from being lifted olf the member T.

l wish it to be understood that instead of clamping the projection Z ofthe pen between the member T and the shaft a second hoolr may heprovided for holding the rear part of the pen and that the U-shapeddouble-hooks C, C1 can be replaced by equivalent means, f. i. by meanslocking the pen by being turned about their axis or by being tilted orso on.

ln order to facilitate withdrawing the pen from the shaft, the rearcorners of the pen may be bent upwards, as at V, Figs. 2 and 3, in orderto form projections with the aid of which the pen can be shoved alongupon the member T in the reverse direction, i. e. to the free endthereof.

1. A fountain pen, comprising, in combination: a shaft; an ink-supplyingmember inprovided in the serted into the shaft and projecting forththerefrom at thepen-end thereof; a pen proper vlying freely,I supportedby the pro'- jecting end of the ink-supplying member; and hooklilrefastening membersarranged to connect detachably the with the saidink-supplying member.

2. A fountain-pen, comprising, in combination: a shaft; anink-snpplyingA member inserted into the shaft and projecting forththerefrom Vat 'the pen-end thereof; a pen proper lying freely,supportedby thel projecting end ofthe inl'rsupplying member; hook-likefastening members arranged to connect detachablythepen with the'said-inlsupplying member; anda projection of the penopposite tlie`sliaftend and engaging a recess of the" latter', as set forth.

3. A fountain-pen, comprising, in combination: a shaft; an ink-supplyingmember inserted into the shaft and projecting forth therefrom at`theIpen-end thereof; a rpen proper lying freely, 'supported by theprojecting end of the ink-supplying member; and a. U-shaped double-hookarranged in the ink-supplying member near the end there-- of and havingbent-off ends bearing upon the upper surface kof the pen, this latterhaving' oblong holes for the passage of the hook-ends and being adaptedto be shoved longitudinally upon the saidinlz-supplying member, as setforth.

4t. A fountain-pen, comprising, in combination: a shaft; aninlr-supplyingV member inserted into the shaft and projecting forththerefrom at the pen-end thereof and having on its upper side twoparallel ribs forming a channel between them; a pen proper lying freely,supported by the projecting end of the ink-supplying member; and meansfor an ning detachablj7 the pen to the said ink-supplying member saidmeans being supportedby said ribs.

5. A fountainlpen, comprising, in combi* nation; a shaft; anink-supplying member inserted into the shaft and projecting forththerefrom at the pen-end thereof and having on its upper side twoparallel ribs forming a channel between them; a pen proper lying freely,supported by the projecting end of the .ink-supplying member, andy meansfor alerting detachably the pen to the said' inl-snpplying` member. andextending from the lower surface of the latter through its ribs to theupper surface thereof.

(i. A fountain-pen, comprising, in combination: a' shaft; aninit-supplying member inserted into the shaft and projecting forththerefrom at kthe pen-end thereof and having on its upper side twoparallel ribs forming a channel between them; a pen proper ying freelysupported by the projecting e* l of the ink-supplying member and a U-shape'd double-hook 'arranged in the inlrsupplying member neer the endthereof and having bent-off ends bearing upon the upper surface of thepen, this latter having oblong holes for the passage of the hook-endsand being adapted to be shoved longitudinally upon the saidink-supplying member; and a projection of the pen opposite the shaft-endand engaging a recess of the latter, as set forth. H

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. .v

THEODOR KOVACS.

